Chapter 18 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

“What?” James was dumbfounded. He did not remember that he had such a super soldier under him.

“Hold on a second! The 2nd Company?” James suddenly thought of the 2nd Company under Ralph, who had volunteered to mark the behemoth’s coordinates three days ago. According to the intel recorded by the battlefield cameras, the 2nd Company had been completely annihilated except for one, who was missing. Could this guy be that missing soldier?

Damn it! Those guys in Human Resources are a bunch of worms! How could they send a super soldier to become a cook? I’m going to file a complaint against them after the mission! James cursed those people in Human Resources.

At that moment, James wanted to retrieve Qin Hao’s battlefield record as that would be direct proof of his identity. But, he found that he could not connect to Qin Hao’s battlefield recorder.

“My body cam was destroyed during combat, Sir!” Qin Hao replied.

Only then did James notice the body cam on Qin Hao’s shoulder. There was a hole in the device.

“I can prove Qin Hao’s identity, Sir!” Nicole switched on her battlefield cam and showed James the recording.

James nodded. It was not like he was suspicious of Qin Hao. Plus, it was not a war between humans. Their enemy was the insectoids. It was too easy to identify their enemy, so he was not concerned about enemy spy infiltration.

Therefore, after Nicole provided proof of Qin Hao’s identity, James used his discretion to make Qin Hao his personal bodyguard. After all, it was only a matter of formality—more so because the daughter of a lieutenant general was giving her guarantee here.

“Private Qin Hao, I will make you a platoon commander directly under my division.”

James thought such a powerful fighter had to be a trained special forces soldier and Qin Hao must have offended someone and gotten himself banished to the mess in the 106th Division. Otherwise, how did an extraordinary soldier end up becoming cannon fodder in his small division?

James would not pass up this opportunity. With this powerful soldier as his bodyguard, he would have a higher survival rate on the battlefield. That had been proven when Qin Hao brought Nicole and Lucia out of the insectoid’s occupied territory.

“Thank you, Sir!” Qin Hao replied. Someone from the material command quickly brought a new battlefield recorder to him.

As the division commander, James could assign tasks to Qin Hao, but he did not have the authority to carry out promotions. So although Qin Hao was made a platoon commander, he was still officially a private. He would have to wait until after the mission was over and the army retrieved the data from the body cam to be considered for a promotion.

“Go meet your men!” James sent Qin Hao away, then spun around to look at Nicole. “I’ve called for air support. They will make sure that it is safe before they send a landing craft to pick you guys up.”

“Finally, we can return to the battleship!” Lucia could not be happier. After she received medical treatment, the bruises on her arm had mostly healed.

Nicole nodded in acknowledgment. She knew that she would not make a difference there now, and because of who she was, James would have to send men to protect her. She would only be a burden there.